Antonio Felix da Costa returned to the top of the timesheets in the final practice session of Formula E’s second of three double-header races at the Berlin Tempelhof Circuit.
The DS Techeetah driver has the opportunity to win his maiden title in the fully-electric championship today, and with a 1:06.319s run, commenced the fourth day of competition in the German capital perfectly.
Edoardo Mortara led the way in the early stages of the 45-minute session before Nico Muller performed the first 250kW lap of the day to advance to the top of the timesheets.
Da Costa eventually emerged at the helm after a pacy lap with only two-minutes of running remaining. Maximilian Guenther – who recorded his second Formula E victory yesterday – was his nearest challenger, 0.039s down for BMW.
Oliver Rowland fronted a 3-5 result for Nissan e.dams as the Briton wound up 0.131s shy and 0.087s ahead of team-mate Sebastien Buemi, with Stoffel Vandoorne splitting the pair in fourth for Mercedes EQ.
In the second Silver Arrow 01, Nyck de Vries clocked in sixth while Mitch Evans fronted Jaguar Racing’s efforts in seventh when team-mate James Calado took 13th in what looks set to be his final race in Formula E.
Jean-Eric Vergne, who took pole position for Round 8, was eighth in the second DS Techeetah ahead of Sam Bird and Lucas di Grassi who completed the top 10, 0.337s down on the best time from the session.
